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Characteristics of Life Intro Unit: Biology Study Guide
1. Define independent variable. What axis would it be found on a graph? What is a helpful
question to find the IV?
2. Define independent variable. What axis would it be found on a graph? What is a helpful
question to find the IV?
3. Define and give an example of a control. –
4. Define and give an example of a constant.
5. Define and give an example of bias. –
6. For an experiment to be valid, how many independent variables should be present in an
experiment?
7. True or false? Scientists repeat experiments and run multiple trials to get multiple sets of data.
8. Write an observation based on the information from the line graph below.
9. What are the 7 characteristics that qualify an organism as living?
a.
b.
c.
d.
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e.
f.
g.
10. What are the three parts of cell theory?
a.
b.
c.
11. Create a timeline for the cell theory including all major scientists.
12. Explain each component of the CER:
a.
b.
c.
13. Are viruses living? Give at least three reasons for why/why not.
a.
b.
c.
14. Complete the chart to compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
Prokaryotic
Both
Eukaryotic
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15. What organelles are found in plant cells but not in animal cells?
a.
b.
c.
16. Complete the chart:
Organelle
Cell wall
Cell
membrane
Nucleus
Nucleolus
Cytoplasm
(Cytosol)
Description
Type of
cell
Location in cell
Function
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Organelle
Ribosome
Mitochondria
Smooth
Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Rough
Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Golgi body
Lysosome
Description
Type of
cell
Location in cell
Function
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Organelle
Description
Type of
cell
Location in cell
Microtubule/
microfilament
Chloroplast
Animal cells:
Vacuole
Plant cells:
Function
Characteristics of Life
Complete the
following sentences with words from
1.
Living things need
2.
Anything an organism responds to is a(n)
3. The
ability to remain stable is called
The smallest units
5.
Another term for living
things is
The reaction to a
stimulus is called a
1.
2.
Which of the
a.
grass
b.
amoeba
A
b.
3.
b.
into
a
growth
frog over its lifetime.
dogs mate and produce a puppy. This
growth
development
b.
5. For
a.
is
an
C.
homeostasis
d.
reproduction
example of.
C.
homeostasis
d. reproduction
following is an example of a response to stimulus?
you are tired
you are hot
a
mosquito
d. worn
This is called
development
Which of the
a.
_
C.
Two
a.
4.
of life are known as
following is NOTa multicellular organism?
tadpole tums
a.
characteristics of life lesson.
for sleeping. thinking. eating and moving.
4
6.
the
C.
you eat food
d.
you are scared
C.
homeostasis
plant, sunlight is an example of
internal stimulus
b.
external stimulus
d. reproduction
6. Which of the
following is NOT a method your body automatically uses
a.
taking a cool shower
b.
7.
C.shivering
to
regulate homeostasis?
sweating
d. change the flow of blood
Growth of multicellular organisms is mostly due to an increase in the
of cells.
a.
size
C.
b.
protons
d. allof the above
number
Say
was
created to test the effccts
aunat i people listened
2
l , groups
to
jazz music
of people
were
The hypothes1s of the experimen
tne
for longer periods of tinc. For
ofiazz on pcople's slcep patterns.
as
they fall aslecp, they will slecp
created. One group
was
placed in a quict
room
where they went to slcep
wherC ja77 musiC piaycu
dndthey were timed on how long they slept. The other group was placed in a room
were
softly as they began to sleep andplayed throughout the night. As cach group awoke, ther sleep times
monitored.
Dependent Variable:
Control Group:
Independent Variable:
Experimental Group:.
List several
things that
need
to
be constant between the two groups.
2. Quantitative vs.
Qualitative
For the list below write which term describe the observations.
I t is light green in color.
It tastes sour.
One leaf is 9 cm long.
It makes a loud pop sound.
The mass of the computer is 1.5 kg.
It smells sweet.
The temperature of the room increases by 8 °C.
t gets darker over a period of time.
The flower clusters in 3 blooms.
.It feels very rough.
3. CER
What does each letter in CE R stand for?
Define each of the three words in the space below.
Two types of cells
What do ALL cells have
in common?
EURAKYOTICCELLS
What is
unique
about
EUKARYOTIC cells?
What types of organisms have
eukaryotic cell structure?
PROKARYOTIC CELLS
What is
unique about prokaryotic cells?
What types of cells have
In the space below create
prokaryotic cell structure?
a
Venn
Diagram showing the differences between a prokaryote and a eukaryote